Patents by Inventor Mark D. Kline

Mark D. Kline has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Drug releasing surgical implant or dressing material
    Patent number: 5972366
    Abstract: A surgical implant or external wound dressing which functions as both a hemostat and a device to safely and effectively deliver any of a number of pharmaceuticals to targeted tissue at a controlled rate is disclosed. The device generally comprises a carrier in the form of fibers, sutures, fabrics, cross-linked solid foams or bandages, a pharmaceutical in solid micoparticulate form releasably bound to the carrier fibers, and a lipid adjuvant which aids the binding of the microparticles to the fibers as well as their function in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: The Unites States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Duncan H. Haynes, Ben H. Bodeker, Mark D. Kline
  • Drug releasing surgical implant or dressing material
    Patent number: 5660854
    Abstract: A surgical implant or external wound dressing which functions as both a hemostat and a device to safely and effectively deliver any of a number of pharmaceuticals to targeted tissue at a controlled rate is disclosed. The device generally comprises a carrier in the form of fibers, sutures, fabrics, cross-linked solid foams or bandages, a pharmaceutical in solid micoparticulate form releasably bound to the carrier fibers, and a lipid adjuvant which aids the binding of the microparticles to the fibers as well as their function in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Inventors: Duncan H Haynes, Ben H. Bodeker, Mark D. Kline